Celtic 7 - 2 Dundee United

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Dundee United slipped a place to sixth in the table after losing to 2nd place Celtic at Lennoxtown.

United started the better of the teams and had two openings in the first five minutes, both Susan Blyth and Lorna Young shooting wide.

Celtic then scored 3 goals in a 5 minute spell to take the wind out of United's sail.

United pulled a goal back on the 20 minute mark. Lorna Young was brought down by the final Celtic defender and the referee pointed to the spot. BOAG tucked away the resultant penalty.

3 further celtic goals in 10 minutes ended the match as a contest as Celtic went in at the interval with a 6-1 lead.

H/T - Celtic 6 - 1 United

The heavens opened and United eventually got into a stride and began to dominate the second half proceedings.

Blyth, Gallagher, Boag and Young all passed up opportunities before, on the hour mark, GALLAGHER produced a fantastic 25 yard effort that blazed into the top corner.

Celtic added a 7th with 10 minutes remaining after a fantastic double save from Clark, the Celtic midfielder was on hand to tap the ball into the net at the third time of asking.

F/T - Celtic 7 - 2 Dundee United

Manager Mary McDonald commented after the game "We really let ourselves down in the first half of the match and is probably the worst we have played all season. We made a few positional changes in the second half and score aside, I am delighted with our second half performance. We took the game to Celtic and had a number of opportunites to get back into the game. The players have to believe they can compete against the top teams in the league and have this season on a number of occasions shown that as we did in the second half today. We now face Raith at home on Thursday evening which will be another incredibly difficult match but one we will all look forward too."